Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, USA
ArtReview Power 100, rank 9
St. Moritz Art Masters Lifetime Achievement Award by Cartier
Appraisers Association Award for Excellence in the Arts
Listed among the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company in 2013
Amnesty Media Award in June 2013 for the guest-edit in the October 18 issue of The New Statesman

2012

Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent of the Human Rights Foundation
Pratt Institute’s Fine Arts Honorary Degree
Elected as Foreign Member of Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, Sweden
Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Institute of British Architects, London, UK
The International Center of Photography Cornell Capa Award
Art Review Power 100, rank 3

2011

TIME Magazine Person of the Year 2011, Runner-up
Wall Street Journal Innovators Award (Art)
Foreign Policy Top Global Thinkers of 2011, rank 18
The Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation Award for Courage
ArtReview Power 100, rank 1
Membership at the Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany
The 2011 TIME 100
The Wallpaper* 150
Honorary Academician at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Skowhegan Medal for Multidisciplinary Art, New York, USA